Friday
2017-02-08, 12:43
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "PU.UniversalDriverUpdater" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
pups
Description:
PC.UniversalDriverUpdater is supposed to be a software that can find and update operation system drivers. It requires a paid registration to be able to fix these issues. The current price is 29,95 Euro (Update: January 2017).
Links (be careful!):
: ttp://universaldriverupdater.com/
Removal Instructions:
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "{03E33667-F180-4D3C-9A88-10020AB6AEEF}_is1".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$APPDATA>\UniDU\UniDULauncher.exe".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Universal Driver Updater\Universal Driver Updater.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Universal Driver Updater.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\DPInst32.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\GASender.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\SendDebugLog.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\udulaunch.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\unins000.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\UniversalDriverUpdater.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If PU.UniversalDriverUpdater uses rootkit technologies, use the rootkit scanner integrated into Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) 2.x or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\UniDU".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\PCVARK\Universal Driver Updater".
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Universal Driver Updater".
The directory at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\_Del_udusetupsite".
The directory at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\_Del_unidu".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If PU.UniversalDriverUpdater uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "Universal Driver Updater" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PCVARK\".
Delete the registry key "Universal Driver Updater" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PCVARK\".
If PU.UniversalDriverUpdater uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
pups
Description:
PC.UniversalDriverUpdater is supposed to be a software that can find and update operation system drivers. It requires a paid registration to be able to fix these issues. The current price is 29,95 Euro (Update: January 2017).
Links (be careful!):
: ttp://universaldriverupdater.com/
Removal Instructions:
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "{03E33667-F180-4D3C-9A88-10020AB6AEEF}_is1".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$APPDATA>\UniDU\UniDULauncher.exe".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Universal Driver Updater\Universal Driver Updater.lnk".
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\Universal Driver Updater.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\DPInst32.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\GASender.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\SendDebugLog.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\udulaunch.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\unins000.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater\UniversalDriverUpdater.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If PU.UniversalDriverUpdater uses rootkit technologies, use the rootkit scanner integrated into Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) 2.x or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$APPDATA>\UniDU".
The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\PCVARK\Universal Driver Updater".
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Universal Driver Updater".
The directory at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\_Del_udusetupsite".
The directory at "<$LOCALSETTINGS>\Temp\_Del_unidu".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Universal Driver Updater".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If PU.UniversalDriverUpdater uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "Universal Driver Updater" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PCVARK\".
Delete the registry key "Universal Driver Updater" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PCVARK\".
If PU.UniversalDriverUpdater uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.